Section 15E.46. Confidentiality — reports.

  1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, all information or records in the possession of the authority with respect to this division shall be presumed by the authority to be a trade secret protected under chapter 550 or common law and shall be kept confidential by the authority unless otherwise ordered by a court.

  2.  All of the following shall be considered public information under chapter 22:

  a.  The identity of a qualifying business.

  b.  The identity of an investor and the qualifying business in which the investor made an equity investment.

  c.  The number of tax credit certificates issued by the authority.

  d.  The total dollar amount of tax credits issued by the authority.

  3.  The authority shall publish an annual report of the activities conducted pursuant to this division and shall submit the report to the governor and the general assembly. The report shall include a listing of eligible qualifying businesses and the number of tax credit certificates and the amount of tax credits issued by the authority.

2002 Acts, ch 1006, §6, 13

; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89

; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §118, 126, 127

2015 amendment takes effect July 2, 2015, and applies to equity investments made in a qualifying business on or after that date; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §126, 127

Section amended